Stovepipe-support.



No. 784,327. PATENTED MAR. 7, 1905 J. J. HILL.

STOVEPIPE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1904 Jmes 611%) Witnesse ventor,

L? 9 /I A v I a Httms Patented March 7, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. HILL, OF EW'ING, ILLINOIS.

STOVEPIPE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,327, dated March'7, 1905.

Application filed August 24, 1904- Serial No. 222,003-

l'o (LM whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. HILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ewing, in the county of Franklin and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Stovepipe-Support, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to devices for supporting stovepipes, and has forits objects to improve the construction and produce a device of thischaracter simple in construction, easily applied, and adaptable to difierent sizes of pipes and adjustable for holding the same in any of thevarious localities or under the Varying conditions under which it may beplaced.

ith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature (ifthe invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of carrying the same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as va-"rious changes in the shape, proportions, and

general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departingfrom the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages, and the right is therefore reserved of making all thechanges and modifications which fairly fall within the scope of theinvention and the claims made therefor.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved deviceapplied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the adjustable band detached.Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective View of the rod-ad j usting clampmembers with the parts detached.

The improved device comprises a band 10, of resilient sheet metal, suchas Russia iron or steel, having overlapping ends and with one endoutturned, as at 11, said band being provided with a longitudinal slot12 near the outturned end 11, as shown.

A clamp-bolt 13 is inserted through the body of the band near theunder-lapping end and extends through the slot and is provided with athumb-nut 28 for the adjustment of the band to pipes of different sizes,as will beobvious.

Extending from the band is a thumb-lug 14 for coaction with theoutturned end 11 to enable the operator to compress the band upon thepipe and hold it in that position preparatory to clamping the same.

Pivoted by one end to the band 10, preferably at opposite sides of thesame, are longitudinally-disposed rods 15 16, with their free endsclamped, respectively, between spaced disks 17 18 and 19 20 byclamp-bolts 21 22, having terminal heads 29 30. Extending from the sameclamp-disks are similar rods 23 24, having means, such as screw-eyes orhooks 25 26, for attachment to the wall or ceiling, (represented at 27.)

The disks l9 and 20 are provided with spaced grooves or channels for thereception of the free ends of the rods 15 16 and 23 24:,

thereby supporting the adjacent terminals of the rods in each pair ofdisks in spaced relation to each other and permitting the same to bereadily adjusted longitudinally of the stovepipe and securely locked inadjusted position. By this simple arrangement it will be obvious the twosets of rods may be adjusted longitudinally to adjust the band bodilyrelative to the wall or ceiling, and thus firmly support the pipe at anydesired point relative thereto, and the band may also be readilyadjusted to fit different sizes of pipe.

The device can thus be quickly adapted to the ordinary sizes ofstovepipes manufactured and support the same firmly in any position orlocality, either from a vertical wall to prevent it from entering theflue too far or be coming detached therefrom or suspended from theceiling at any point therefrom.

The parts may be of any quality or strength I of metal and employed atas many points as required.

I clain1 1. In a Stovepipe-support, a resilient band adapted to encirclethe pipe and provided with means for clamping the same, rods pivoted tothe opposite sides of the band, rods adapted. to be pivotally connectedto the wall or ceil-' ing, clampingdisks provided with spaced groovesfor the reception of the adjacent ends of said rods, and bolts operatingthrough said disks for clamping said rods in adjusted position.

2. In a Stovepipe-support, a band of resilient material adapted toencircle the pipe and having overlapping end portions one of which isformed With a longitudinal slot and provided with a laterally-extendingfinger-engaging lug, there being a similar lug'extending laterally fromthe opposite end of the band, a clamping-bolt secured to thenon-slottedend of the band and engaging the longitudinal slot,longitudinally-adjustable rods pivoted to the opposite sides of thebandand pivotally 5 connected to the Wall or ceiling, said rods beingformed in a plurality of sections, and means engaging the adjacent endsof the rod-sections for clamping said rods in adjusted position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 20 my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

\ JAMES J. HILL.

Witnesses:

T. J. OHoIssnR, G. G. PAYNE.

